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BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

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BOTTLE ATTACHM ENT.

EJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,276, dated February 21, 1888.

Application tiled September 27, 1887. Serial No. 250,858.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, Guonon P. l i rrrr'rLn suit, a citizen of the United States, residing at llashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to attachments for hottles, jars, and the like, though more especially medicinebottles, and its object is to provide such vessels with a detachable clamp or holder to receive and hold a spoon or other implement.

When medicine is being administered at regular intervals, it is often a matter of some annoyance to dispose of the spoon between the doses of medicine. To keep it in a tumbler table or shell the moisture remaining upon the spoon soils the table and soon collects dust, while both table and spoon become unpleasant and repulsive to the sight.

My spoon'h older consists of at least two elemoms-via, a fastening device to attach it to the vessel and a holding device to receive and retain the spoon. To these a third element may be added-win, either a cup to receive the tip of the spoon and collect the drippings of medicine or a suitable clasp to hold the stop per of the bottle while the contents are being poured out.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated several ways in which my invention may be carried out.

Figure 1 shows a blank of sheet metal from which the preferred form of holder, Fig. 2, may be constructed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bottle provided with the. holder of Fig. 2, showing the manner of holding a spoon. Fig. 4 is a modified form of shank. Fig. 5 is a modified form of neck-ring. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show the holder constructed of wire. Fig. 9 is a holder having a clasp for the stopper. Figs. 10 and 11 are a further modification.

(N0 model.)

The same letters of reference apply to like parts in all the figures.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 is preferably com posed of sheet metal, and consists of a shank,

at, having at one end a disk, I), either round,

oval, or of any desired shape. From the upper end of the shank a project two arms, 0 c, at about right angles with the shank. These arms may be equal or unequal in length, as desired. In one arm, near its end, are formed several holes, a c, of such a size as to readily receive a tongue, 0 at the end of the other arm a. A short distance below the arms 0 0 is a third arm, (1, shorter than the others. On the other side of the shank at, opposite the arm cl, is a slight projection, 6, though this is not essential and may be omitted. Upon subjecting this blank to the action of proper dies or bending-tools the disk I) is formed into a cup, the arms 0 c are curved into a ring, and the arm (i is shaped into a hook, while the shank a may be slightly bent just above the hook. The device is then in the form shown in Fig. 2, having a shank, A, acup, B, a neck-ring, C, and a hook, D.

When applied to a bottle or jar, as shown in Fig. 3, the ring 0 is made to encircle the neck of the vessel, the tongue a being passed through one of the holes a and hentback upon itself to secure it. By having a series of holes 0 the ring can be adjusted to necks of different sizes. The shank Ais then bout, it neces sary, so as to lie snugly against the side oftlre vessel.

The spoon is to be inserted, as shown in Fig. 3, with its tip resting in the cup B and its handle slipped under the hook D, by which it will be securely held, and yet be capable of instant removal when needed. The end of the hook is brought around until it comesin contact, or nearly so, with the shank Aor the projection e. Being made of springy material, it acts as a clasp to hold by frictional contact whatever is thrust between it and the shank. Furthermore, in case the narrow part of the handle of the spoon is presented to the hook it will slip into the more open part of the hook, and will then drop down until one edge of the wider part of the handle strikes the closed end of the hook and the other edge wedges between the ICC shank and the end of the hook, the latter being made of sufficiently-stiff material to resist the tendency of the spoon-handle, by its weight, to force open the hook and fall through. The hook thusaffords a bearing-point for each edge of the handle, so that the spoon is supported by the hook as well as by the cup B; and it may be found at times desirable to support the spoon wholly by the hook, as, for instance, when the cup is partly full of drippings; or the cup may be dispensed with, if desired. In any event the spoon is kept from coming in contact with anything but the holder, while any moisture that may remain on it after using will drain into the cup B and be prevented from soiling the table or shelf on which the vessel is standing.

To suit spoons of different lengths it may be found desirable to make the shank A in two parts, as shown in Fig. 4., each part having a pair of laterally-projecting hooks, f, engaging the edges of the other part, and thereby allowing the two parts of the shank to slide upon each other telescopically, whereby the shank can be lengthened or shortened at pleasure.

Instead of making the neck-ring adjustable, it may be composed of a solid ring, as shown in Fig. 5, stamped out in one piece with the shank A.

Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show the holder made from a single piece of wire, having at one end an eye, 1 through which the wire is passed, forming a neck-ring. A little way below the ring the wire is doubled upon itself and twisted, thetwisted portion being then bent into ahook, D, as shown. The lower end of the wire is formed into a ring, it, by which is supported a cup of sheet metal with its edges seamed around the ring it, as shown in Fig. 7; or the cup may be of glass or porcelain, witha beaded rim to rest on the ring h, as shown in Fig. 8, so as to be readily removable for cleansing. This removable drip-cup may be used with the holder shown in Fig. 2.

It is often inconvenient or annoying to hold the stopper of a bottle while pouring out the contents. In Fig. 9 is shown a form of spoonholder having a shank, A, a neck-ring, O, a spoon-holding hook,D,andalarger hook,E, for receiving and holding the stopper. The holders should be constructed, preferably, from spring sheet-brass or some similar elastic material, so as to clasp the spoon-handle and the cork when they are thrust into their respective books. The stopper will thus be firmly held until required again, when it can be readily removed from the hook E. The hook D shown in this figure supports the spoon by encircling its tapering handle at a narrow part,

ashort shank having a neck-ring large enough to pass over the bead around the mouth of the bottle, and a dovetail notch or double hook to support the spoon.

lVhile I have described my invention as a spoon-holder, yet it is evident that it is equally well adapted to hold other implementssuch as cork-screws or pickle-forks. Moreover, it is obvious that I may attach my device to the vessel in various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with a vessel, of a re movable spoon-holder composed of a device to attach it to the vessel and a device affording a bearingpoint for each edge of a spoon-handle, substantially as described.

2-. Aspoon-holder composed of a shank provided with a hook affording a bearing-point for each edge of a spoon handle, and means for attaching it to a vessel, substantially as described.

3. A spoon-holder composed ofa shank provided with a ring to engage with the bottle, and a hook made of springy' material and thereby adapted to clasp the spoon-handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A spoon-holder composed of the shank A, the drip-cup B, the ring 0, and the hook D, substantially as described.

5. Aspoon-holder composed of the shank A, the drip-cup B, the adjustable ring 0, and the hook D, substantially as described.

6. A spoon-holder composed of a telescopic shank, A, a drip'cup, B, a ring, 0, and a hook, D, substantially as described.

7. A spoonholder composed of a shank, A, a removable drip-cup, B, a ring, 0, and a hook, D, substantially as described.

8. A blank for a spoonholder, substantially In testimony whereof I affix my signature in.

presence of two witnesses.

GEO. P. WHITTLESEY.

\Vitnesscs:

ROBINSON WHITE, LILLIAN O. WHicrTLEsEY. 

